Phantoms and Monsters: Paranormal, UFOs, Cryptids and Unexplained Phenomena

Howdy Cowboy!
"EMERADO, North Dakota -- It all started with some surveillance video. Bar owner, Brent Aspinwall says it felt like someone tugged his shirt. A close-up of the image on tape, some say, looks like a person that they've named “Cowboy.” There have also been other incidents".

"I saw a figure by the dart board. It was quick and fast. It was an older man with dark rimmed glasses and a hat that snapped in front," said Penny Sorteberg, a resident of Gilby.

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Phantoms and Monsters: Paranormal, UFOs, Cryptids and Unexplained Phenomena

Reports Persist Of Ghosts At Deep River Public Library - Courant.com

Odd things are happening at the Deep River Public Library.

Staff member Pam Ziobron was working by herself late one Saturday. She had shut off all the lights except for the one at the circulation desk, where she was standing, when she had a strong sense that she wasn't alone.

"It was just a feeling. ... It was just so light and airy, like a female coming down the stairs. It was very, very real," Ziobron said.
Since 2004, ghost hunters and mediums have spent time in the Main Street library to investigate these strange occurrences in what was the home of a prominent Deep River man 100 years ago. Another paranormal investigation agency will try to capture what library employees have been feeling and hearing for years. Full Spectrum Ghost Hunters of Plainville plans to conduct a paranormal investigation May 8.

Of the previous mediums and ghost hunters, some have concurred that they've also felt the presence of ghosts. Others have been able to capture more information.
For those interested or who know this library read on.............
Reports Persist Of Ghosts At Deep River Public Library - Courant.com

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Jail House Ghost!

Stumbled onto this & thought it may interest someone?
It appears that the ghostly form of a woman has been caught on camera in an American court house!
Check it out & see what you think!

Ghost caught on camera

Saw this film and thought it interesting. Is it real or fake?
Anyone know if this has been proven either way?
It's either actual footage of someone jumping off a cliff, actual footage of something paranormal or cleverly faked

Ghostly Chinese Dragon or Smoke?

This footage was apparently captured by Chinese CCTV
Dragon, smoke & mirrors? - you decide!

A STING in the tale!

Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room at the dead of night. The singer, who famously sang Spirits In The Material World in the 1980s, said wife Trudie Styler also witnessed the figure, standing with a child in the corner of their bedroom.

Sting said he also experienced flying objects and mysterious voices in one of his homes in an interview to be played on Radio 2. He said: ''I would never have said I believe in ghosts, until I saw one - and I've seen a ghost with my own eyes.''

The musician, whose former band The Police recorded an album Ghost In The Machine, continued: ''I was in bed one night, a very old house I used to live in. And I woke up at three in the morning, bolt upright, looked into the corner of the room and thought I saw Trudie standing there with a child - our child - in her arms, staring at me.

''And I thought 'well, that's strange - why is she standing in a corner, staring at me?'. And I then reached next to me and there was Trudie, and I suddenly got this terrible chill. And she woke up and said 'Gosh, who is that?' and she saw this woman and a child in the corner of the room.''
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411mania.com: Movies - Ghost Hunters Recap 6.04: Phantoms of Jersey

Ghost hunting TV progs - are they all just a waste of time?
"This week on Ghost Hunters, the team travels to Jersey to look for ghosts. They instead find a big thunderstorm, a swaying lighthouse and female mannequins. Female mannequins are really the highlight of the show. No lie!"
iost411mania.com: Movies - Ghost Hunters Recap 6.04: Phantoms of Jersey

Cold Reading

Hi

Interesting interview between Derren Brown, English magician, illusionist, mentalist, and Richard Dawkins, British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. ...

This interview discusses the means and "tricks of the trade" purported to be used by psychics performing "Cold Readings"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xswt8B8-UTM

Quote Mr Dawkins " are they all fakes or do some of them fool themselves as well"?

He is talking here about practising psychics

OUCH! That hurt!!

All joking aside I find both Mr brown and Mr Dawkins extremely interesting and entertaining

I understand their approach to the psychic platform plausible and scientifically acceptable

What I find astonishing is they appear to grossly generalise their subject matter allowing everything to fit into "neat boxes"

Perhaps that is how we all work psychologically when we believe in something that we cannot emphatically prove?

During the Derren Brown programme recently screened in the UK ( Derren Brown: How to be a Psychic Spy- see below for the link) I found one item particularly interesting
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown/4od#2970804

A gentleman called "Batman" was interviewed. Completely blind, he could sense objects around him by using sound, allowing him to recognise objects such as buildings, cars etc. He was even able to ride a bike! By creating a clucking sound with his mouth he relied on the resonance and acoustics to shape the actual objects that were around him. This process is similar to bats. hence his title. In emitting high-pitched sounds and listening to resultant echoes, the process used in radar technology, bats are able to locate prey and nearby objects. This is the process known as echolocation, the ability they similarly share with dolphins and whales.

I suggest that psychic ability could be described like this. Perhaps a psychic is able to switch on an internal radar scanner, emit inaudible sounds, absorb the resultant echoes and understand the results?
JUST A THOUGHT!

What's your view on psychics. Comment here. I'd love to know

Ghosts

Are all ghosts malevolent beings doomed to walk this earth plane for all eternity?
I am struck by the amount of malicious reports pertaining alledgedly to be hauntings by beings that have been cast down to this life plane due to their actions during their life-time or the method of their death
I for one, do not believe that a ghost has to be someone who died in a tragic way or committed vile evil deeds whilst alive
The sightings that I have experienced have consisted of all sorts of beings. People that I have known and loved, others that I have never seen before and a few that exude negative energy as if their existence depends on it!
I have been haunted by an evil entity and had many communications with "ghosts" or apparitions that appear to be visiting this plane for reasons known only to themselves
It is due largely to my experience that I believe that all manner of spirits move in and out of different planes of existence at will. Their movements are not guided by the deeds that were committed to or by them during life
Anyone else agree?????
Share your thoughts here. I'll be very interested!
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Ghost Videos What's the Point?

Wasn't this film taken at Hampton Court proved to be fake some time after this press release?

This next film was taken in an American High School and reported on CNN



I have been surfing the net researching "authentic ghost footage" and cannot find any!
I wonder why??????????

Have you got ghost footage that you'd like to share here with contextual evidence to support the authenticity of it?

What's your opinion on alleged ghost footage - Some of the films out there are really funny - some are just damned annoying

What do you think?

Ghostly Photographs

Hi

Saw this and thought "what an interesting project". Not only can you vote on whether you believe a particular photograph is real, faked etc. but you can also contribute by adding any personal "ghostly" photographs that you may have!

Richard Wiseman, the author also offers the following "illusion" to prove that you should NOT always believe your eyes



Take a look and see what you think!
Your feedback would be much appreciated

Michael Jackson’s Ghost Filmed During Larry King Report ?

Hi
Stumbled onto this interesting article


Is this a ghost or merely camera reflection?
Check out http://www.drryles.com/ for an interesting site

Real-life case of demon possession documented

An American woman who levitated, demonstrated paranormal psychic powers and spoke foreign languages unknown to her was clearly demon possessed, according to a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College.

The unnamed woman, with a long history of involvement with Satanic groups, was observed by a team of priests, deacons, several lay assistants, psychiatrists, nuns, some of whom also had medical and psychiatric training, levitating six inches off the ground while objects flew off shelves in the same room, according to Dr. Richard E. Gallagher, who documented the case in the February issue of the New Oxford Review.

"Periodically, in our presence, Julia would go into a trance state of a recurring nature," writes Gallagher. "Mentally troubled individuals often 'dissociate,' but Julia's trances were accompanied by an unusual phenomenon: Out of her mouth would come various threats, taunts and scatological language, phrases like 'Leave her alone, you idiot,' 'She's ours,' 'Leave, you imbecile priest,' or just 'Leave.' The tone of this voice differed markedly from Julia's own, and it varied, sometimes sounding guttural and vaguely masculine, at other points high pitched. Most of her comments during these 'trances,' or at the subsequent exorcisms, displayed a marked contempt for anything religious or sacred."

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Richard E. Gallagher, who documented the case in the February issue of the New Oxford Review. states that "Possession is only one and not the most common type of demonic attack. Possession is very rare, though not as exceedingly so as many imagine," he concludes. "So-called 'oppression,' or 'infestation,' is less rare, though hardly frequent either, and sometimes more difficult to discern accurately."

‘Evil spirits’ possess 25 high school students in Mindoro

MASS HYSTERIA OR REAL POSSESSION WAHT DO YOU THINK?

CALAPAN CITY, Philippines—(UPDATE) They were crying in pain as they suffered from seizures and shortness of breath in a paranormal phenomenon that has left a public high school here petrified and perplexed.

Classes at Pedro Panaligan Memorial National High School in Calapan City have been disrupted since August 8 after about 25 students were “possessed by evil spirits,” school principal Henry Tungol said Wednesday.

Even students who had gone home showed signs of being possessed, he said.

The victims, mostly girls, pointed to evil spirits apparently angered by the cutting of a 30- to 40-year-old tree at the school backyard.

"But that was three or four years ago," said Tungol, now on his sixth year as school head PPMNHS.

A mass was offered by a Catholic priest at the request of frightened students.

Last Friday, local healers offered two black pigs, hoping this could appease the angered spirits.

Still, the haunting continued.

Located in the village of Comunal, about 50 meters away from the highway, the school has a population of 692 students. It boast of graduates who became scholars and honor students in college.

In past years, there were one or two cases of "seizure" reported but in the last week of July as many as 25 students were reported having "seizures," Tungol said.

From August 8 until August 19, classes were disrupted because of various stages of "evil possession," he said.

"Periodical exams were postponed on August 14 to 15 and students don't obey our advice to stay home until things return to normal," said Tungol.

One girl was observed by her guardian staring blankly before she had seizure attacks in the house, he said.

"I even saw a student with patches of pieces of ... intermediate paper on the head and drops of candle wax on the feet after treatment by a faith healer," said the principal.

Due to the worsening cases of "seizure" the school administration is appealing for help from experts.

"We're open to whatever will be effective and will heal the students. We want our classes to return to normal as soon as possible," said Tungol.

He also asked the cooperation of parents and guardians as he cautioned the public against sensationalizing the issue.

Testing the Heavens

Hi

Science V Religion or belief - the debate goes on and on and on.........

The Guardian's Mark Lawson writes

"Religious believers, when mentioning heaven, have traditionally cast their eyes skywards, but the possibility of an afterlife may now be proved by looking down towards the ground. Doctors at Southampton University are placing pictures in resuscitation areas that can only be seen from the ceiling. These will test the stories of defibrillated patients, who claim they have looked down on the crash teams attending to their lifeless bodies".

Read on................. and post your comments or theories on why some of us believe in life after death and some of us clearly don't!

Spooked Businessman Flees Haunted Mansion

Hi

Saw this report in the Daily Telegraph and thought it worth a mention!
A millionaire businessman claims the screams of ghosts forced his family to flee their mansion.
Anwar Rashid and his wife Nabila spent £3.6 million on Clifton Hall in Nottinghamshire but a year later were so desperate to get rid of it that they gave it back to their mortgage provider.

The couple moved in with their three daughters aged seven, five and three, and baby son in January 2007, and it was not long before they were spooked by the sound of screams from the mansion's corridors.

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What do you think?

East Kilbride man fools world with fake ghost pic

Hi All

AN East Kilbride man has confessed that a ghostly image set to feature on a top paranormal show, is a fake.

The photograph, purporting to show a Victorian girl standing by a chair in the attic of an old Aberdeen house, is currently circulating the worldwide web, as a genuine ghostly apparition.
Read on if you're interested
Nice story but a wee bit sad for all those who have taken REAL ghostie pictures!